Bouquet carrier



E. H- HARVEY.

BOUQUET CARRIER. APPLICATION man OCT. 23, 1919.

lwwaal ya 01 a Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

Patented Nov. 21,

EDWARD H. HARVEY, OE

Application filed October 23, 1919.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD the United States,

Missouri, have invented the a citizen of at St. Louis, new and useful Improvem Carriers, of which the fication.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNQIL '10 FEANK X. GOBILEY, 011

ST. LOUIS, MISSQURI.

BOUQUET CARRIER.

H. HAnvnY,

and residing ent in Bouquet following is a speci- This invention relates to a carrier for floral decorations, adapted more particularly to be worn on the person.

Bouquets when worn as corsages on account of The result is that an e1;-

after having been to become crushed exposed positions. pensive bouquet may, worn a very short time, destroyed.

are liable being in damaged if not One of the objects of this invention, therefore,

is to provide a bouquet carrier which is so constructed as to enable it to be worn in such a manner as to av damage but still present an ance.

oid exposure to artistlc appear- Another object is to provide a bouquet carrier whlch is so constructed as to be readily mounted on the limb or arm of the Another object is to provide a bouquet carrier which can iioral decorations. which is struction, artistic in appearance nomical to manufacture.

Further objects will appe be readily loaded with simple in conand eco ar from the detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in Figure 1 is a perspective quet carrier embodying this Figure 2 is which view of a boulnvention;

a view showing the carrier loaded with floral decorations; and

Figure 3 is a view showing the application of the bouquet carrier to the arm of the wearer.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the bouquet carrier embodying this invenextending outwardly at right branches as shown in Figure the loop 1 the branches are f frame of wire or the like,

wire. The wire 1 and the free ends are and diverge to branches are formed provide loops 3 arranged therealong and angles to the 1. Inside of astened together can be tied to Serial No. 332,833.

by fine wire as shown at l in order to produce a somewhat rigid frame. Bands 5 and 6 are secured to the opposite ends of the frame, these bands being of elastic fabric of any suitable decorative design. They are secured to the wire frame in any suitable manner as by passing; the wire through the fabric or by sewing the bands to the wire. This leaves a free stem at for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

. The loops 3 are adapted to receive the stems of floral elements 7 as shown in Figure and the frame can, therefore, be loaded with any suitable floral decorations so as to present any suitable design. After the frame so loaded, a ribbon can be passed around the stem i and around the projecting stems of the floral elements and this ribbon form a suitable how 8. After thus been loaded, it can, tofloral decorations, be placed on the arm of the wearer so as to lie therealong as shown in Figure 3, the elastic bands armlets and 6 providing elastic means for securing the bouquet on the arm. It will be noted that the armlet 6 is of larger size than the arnilet 5 to correspond to the taper of the arm of the wearer.

It will, therefore,

be seen that the invention accomplishes its objects. A bouquet car rier is provided whereby a bouquet may be placed on the forearm of a wearer so as to present a pleasing and artistic appearance. This bouquet is, therefore, in such a position that it is and can readily be protected so as to avoid damage to the floral decorations. On account of the spreading construction of the frame, the bouquet can be ven a spreading form so as to present an artistic appearance. The carrier can be readily placed on or removed from the arm and can be used over and over again.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention; it is, therefore, to be noted that this invention. is not to be limited to the specific construction shown and described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A bouquet displaying device, comprising, a frame having stem-receiving loops,

the frame has gether witi its 2 I 1 ,4se,03e

and armlet means for mounting said frame, said frame, said frame being adapted to resaid frame being adapted to receive and disceive and display floral elements in the form play floral elements in the form of a bouquet of a bouquet on the arm of the wearer. I 10 on the arm of the wearer. In testimony whereof I aflix my-signature 2. A bouquet displaying device, compristhis 14th day of July, 1919.- ing, a spreading frame having stem-receivmg loops, and armlet means for mounting I EDWARD H. HARVEY. 

